My amp has died. It was a Nad c372, and I'm looking for a replacement.
Hoping to spend around £400, or less if possible. Any thoughts?
Hoping to spend around £400, or less if possible. Any thoughts?
New stereo amp advice?
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Jeepers 12,585 posts
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silentbob 28,764 posts
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Registered 10 years agoI have a Gramophone and a large stack of 78s here too if you're interested.VR Guff: www.roadtovr.com (NEW site now live!)
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silentbob 28,764 posts
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Registered 10 years agoOr, wait for Crispy. Who'll doubtless be along d'rectly.VR Guff: www.roadtovr.com (NEW site now live!)
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Registered 7 years agoNow that's no help, now is it Bob?
I thought you knew about hiffy stuff? -
silentbob 28,764 posts
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Registered 10 years agoNope. Just the 'bling' side of HiFi I'm afraid. Not this archaic 2 channel stuff.VR Guff: www.roadtovr.com (NEW site now live!)
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buggrit 5,174 posts
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Registered 6 years agoThe Nad 326 is about £300 at Richer, if that helps.gif)
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Jeepers 12,585 posts
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Registered 7 years agoPooflaps.
In my Luddite defense, I only use my amp for music. I don't watch enough films to warrant a fancy-pants set-up. And I wouldn't know what to do with all the leads with a grown-up set. -
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Registered 10 years agoAye, and I'm the reverse.
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Jeepers 12,585 posts
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Registered 7 years agoCheers Bob. And cheers buggrit - I'll take a look at the 326.
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Roksan my man.
Depends really, you want an integrated amp? I dunno what sort of sound you like, but Musical Fidelity, Roksan and Rotel are my favs, I'd buy used as well as they'll have had a good run in too.
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silentbob wrote:
'Optimised for certain' frequencies' shizzle
Nope. Just the 'bling' side of HiFi I'm afraid. -
Jeepers 12,585 posts
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Registered 7 years agoCheers Crispy - I've got a couple of Celestion f30 speakers connected to the old amp. No need to integrate with any surround sound - it's purely hi-fi for me
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Registered 8 years agoGet a Quad 306 power amp and quad 34 pre amp...........150 for both from ebay.........they are the nuts.... -
Mr_Sleep 13,567 posts
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Registered 11 years agoDifferent amps have different applications. I have a Marantz amp that's brilliant for jazz so it's worth bearing in mind the music you're going to listen to on it when choosing your amp. -
Jeepers 12,585 posts
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Registered 7 years agoCheers all -
Listening habits probably break down into 40% classical, 20% jazz, 20% hip-hop, 10% guitar and 10% electronic, I guess. I don't know if that helps much! -
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Registered 11 years agoHeh, well which one matters most to you? I'll give a shout for Marantz amps for your choice of listening, it'll sound good for classical.
The only problem might be repair as they're a japanese company and they don't have a lot of repair places over here. -
Jeepers wrote:
Musical Fidelity then.
Cheers all -
Listening habits probably break down into 40% classical, 20% jazz, 20% hip-hop, 10% guitar and 10% electronic, I guess. I don't know if that helps much!
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Jeepers 12,585 posts
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Registered 7 years agoI used to have a Marantz amp, and was happy with it. And I think the classical sound is the most important to me.
Mr Sleep and Crispy - do you have any links to vendors for around the £400 mark? I'd probably want to buy new, rather than venture into eBay territory. -
Kandy 3 is around £400, any old MF at £400 will be awesome.
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Jeepers 12,585 posts
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Registered 7 years agoThanks ecosse - much appreciated. I'll look thro' those today.
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Registered 6 years agoThe Arcam would be my pick out of that bunch, lovely kit. Might be a bit too smooth for your Celestions though. -
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Registered 9 years agoJeepers wrote:
Musical Fidelity.
My amp has died. It was a Nad c372, and I'm looking for a replacement.
Hoping to spend around £400, or less if possible. Any thoughts?
Looks aren't all that, but the sound they produce is absolutely incredible.
We have this in the office. -
Jeepers 12,585 posts
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Registered 7 years agoBump.
New amp arrived (NAD c355 BEE) and I'm pretty happy with it. So wondered whether you lot thought of the benefits of the following:
Bi-wiring: Pointless fucking about, or cheap improvement?
New connects: ditto
Pre-amping: ditto again
New cables: same again
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Bi-wiring - not sure. I THINK it helps with driver separation, but that could just be the effort of running two lots of cable talking.
New connects - Anything that's better than the freebie cables you get with your components is good enough. Don't get mugged into spending loads on cables, it's pointless.
Pre-amping - Never tried it myself, but my mate's system sounds the nuts. Rotel pre-amp controlling two fuck-off power-amps driving B&W floorstanders. -
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